Crash motorcyclist who suffered horrific injuries is spared from jail for dangerous driving

Seriously-injured motorcyclist Roger Brooks, 21, of Field Drive, Shirebrook, admitted dangerous driving after he was involved in a collision, pictured, with a car at Central Drive, Shirebrook.

Published:10:48Monday 05 March 2018

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A motorcyclist who broke his back and neck in a crash has narrowly been spared from jail after causing the collision.

Derby Crown Court, sitting at Derby magistrates’ court, recently heard how Roger Brooks, of Field Drive, Shirebrook, had not been wearing a helmet and suffered such severe facial fractures his face “looked like a smashed mirror”.

Pictured is the motorcycle which was involved in a serious colliision at Central Drive, Shirebrook. Courtesy of a witness.

Brooks, now 21, had “raced” across a junction in Shirebrook, past a give way sign, and ploughed into a car injuring the driver, according to the court.

The result left him with a broken spine and neck and paralysis of his neck and he still needs to be fed through a tube into his stomach.

The court was told Brooks was in hospital for months and he has no recollection of the collision.

Recorder Graham Huston sentenced Brooks to eight-months of custody suspended for a year after he pleaded guilty to dangerous driving.